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  "data": {
    "a": {
      "slug": "olostep",
      "name": "Olostep",
      "vendor": "Olostep Technologies, Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.olostep.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "web-scrapers",
      "summary": "Scrape, crawl, map, batch and search API that returns markdown, HTML, JSON or screenshots, with JS rendering and residential IPs on every request.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/olostep",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/olostep.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/olostep.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/olostep.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/olostep/olostep-mcp-server",
      "license": "MIT",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.olostep.com",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "olostep"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "olostep"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "olostep-mcp"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "Bearer key in the Authorization header for the API and the hosted MCP server. The stdio MCP server and the SDKs read OLOSTEP_API_KEY. The /x402/ endpoints take an X-Payment header instead of a key.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free trial of 500 requests with no card and low rate limits. Starter $9 a month for 5,000 requests (150 concurrent), Standard $99 for 200,000 (500 concurrent), Scale $399 for 1 million. Credit packs from $20 for 10,000, valid 6 months. A scrape is 1 credit, parsers 1 to 5, LLM extraction 10, search 5, answers 20, crawl 1 per page, map 1 plus 1 per extra 1,000 URLs (https://www.olostep.com/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$9 / mo",
      "where": "both",
      "x402": {
        "level": "partial",
        "evidence": "Documented x402 on POST /v1/scrapes and /v1/maps at $0.01, /v1/answers at $0.05 and /v1/crawls at a dynamic price, USDC on Base, under the /x402/ path prefix (https://docs.olostep.com/x402.md). Our unpaid POST to /x402/v1/scrapes on 2026-09-30 returned 402 with an empty {} body and no PAYMENT-REQUIRED header, so a stock x402 client has no price to sign.",
        "endpoints": [
          {
            "url": "https://api.olostep.com/x402/v1/scrapes",
            "priceUsd": 0.01,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://api.olostep.com/x402/v1/maps",
            "priceUsd": 0.01,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://api.olostep.com/x402/v1/answers",
            "priceUsd": 0.05,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://api.olostep.com/x402/v1/crawls",
            "priceUsd": null,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          }
        ]
      },
      "toolCount": 11,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 24,
        "npmWeekly": 8874,
        "pypiWeekly": 1976,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.olostep.com",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.olostep.com/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://docs.olostep.com/openapi/scrapes.json",
      "registryName": "io.github.olostep/olostep-mcp-server",
      "capabilities": [
        "web.scrape",
        "web.extract",
        "web.crawl",
        "web.search",
        "scraping.proxies",
        "scraping.js-render",
        "scraping.anti-bot",
        "scraping.screenshot",
        "scraping.serp"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "freemium",
        "no-card",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "proxies",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "openapi",
        "x402",
        "free-tier"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-07-15",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 63.1,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 210,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 7,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 87,
          "maintenance": 58,
          "payments": 65,
          "reliability": 60,
          "schema": 84,
          "security": 28,
          "transparency": 60
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "OpenAPI 3.0.3 for every endpoint and a structured error body. The x402 challenge came back with no payment requirements in our probe.",
        "strengths": [
          "OpenAPI 3.0.3 for every endpoint and a structured error body",
          "500 free successful requests with no card, $9 a month after that",
          "x402 documented on scrapes, maps, answers and crawls at $0.01 to $0.05",
          "Batches of up to 100,000 URLs with cursor pagination",
          "All 11 MCP tools carry readOnly, destructive and idempotent hints"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "The x402 challenge came back with no payment requirements in our probe",
          "One dashboard key with no documented scopes, rotation or revocation",
          "No 429 or per-minute rate limits documented",
          "No security page, security.txt or prompt-injection guidance",
          "Changelog last updated 18 June 2026"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "For more than a handful of URLs use /v1/batches, then page results with the cursor",
          "Pass `storage.expires_in` if you need results after about 7 days",
          "Don't ask for json output without a `parser` or an `llm_extract` schema",
          "Hosted MCP wants `Authorization: Bearer`, stdio wants OLOSTEP_API_KEY. Mixing them up shows 0 tools",
          "Check the 402 body before paying over x402. Our probe got an empty one"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 3.5,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 63.1
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 87,
          "maintenance": 58,
          "payments": 65,
          "reliability": 60,
          "schema": 84,
          "security": 28,
          "transparency": 38
        },
        "provenanceScore": 82
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl -X POST https://api.olostep.com/v1/scrapes -H \"Authorization: Bearer $OLOSTEP_API_KEY\" \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"url_to_scrape\":\"https://example.com\",\"formats\":[\"markdown\"]}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http olostep https://mcp.olostep.com/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer $OLOSTEP_API_KEY\"",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "olostep": {
              "args": [
                "-y",
                "olostep-mcp"
              ],
              "command": "npx",
              "env": {
                "OLOSTEP_API_KEY": "${OLOSTEP_API_KEY}"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.scrape",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/olostep"
      },
      "area": "web-data",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Starter plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 9,
          "note": "5,000 requests"
        },
        {
          "item": "Standard plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 99,
          "note": "200,000 requests"
        },
        {
          "item": "Scale plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 399,
          "note": "1 million requests"
        },
        {
          "item": "Scrape on Starter",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 1.8,
          "note": "1 credit per basic scrape"
        },
        {
          "item": "Scrape on Standard",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 0.495
        },
        {
          "item": "x402 scrape",
          "unit": "call",
          "usd": 0.01,
          "note": "USDC on Base"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Olostep Technologies Inc.",
        "domain": "olostep.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2023-06-04",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.olostep.com/terms",
        "privacy": "https://www.olostep.com/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.olostep.com",
        "changelog": "https://www.olostep.com/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "notes": [
          "Terms are governed by Delaware law",
          "Status page is hosted on Better Stack"
        ],
        "score": 82
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/olostep.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "olostep",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.olostep.com",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-05T00:15:27.203349947Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 200,
          "lastMs": 340,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 339,
          "p95ms24h": 400,
          "samples24h": 272,
          "samples30d": 1105,
          "days": [
            {
              "date": "2026-09-30",
              "probes": 35,
              "ok": 35
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-01",
              "probes": 276,
              "ok": 276
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
              "probes": 271,
              "ok": 271
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 272,
              "ok": 272
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-05",
              "probes": 3,
              "ok": 3
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.olostep.com",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:40:17.332165528Z"
        },
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "mcp-registry",
            "name": "io.github.olostep/olostep-mcp-server",
            "version": "1.0.17",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T23:42:40.113054682Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "olostep",
            "version": "1.2.2",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:34:58.614176741Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "olostep-mcp",
            "version": "1.0.17",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:34:59.676179372Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "pypi",
            "name": "olostep",
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            "released": "2026-06-22",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:34:59.493215991Z"
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        ],
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        "pypiWeekly": 1527,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://olostep.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:38.639334332Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://docs.olostep.com/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:03.986940018Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "olostep.com",
          "registered": "2023-06-04",
          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/olostep.com",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:04:37.918133685Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.olostep.com/changelog",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:51:31.729724391Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "eda250fd86e1"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.olostep.com/pricing",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:51:34.190651562Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "a6e567ada628"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.olostep.com/privacy-policy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:51:35.862695877Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "38d110d687e4"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.olostep.com/terms",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:51:37.898452374Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "b14e410361b8"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T00:15:27.203349947Z"
      }
    },
    "b": {
      "slug": "scrapingbee",
      "name": "ScrapingBee",
      "vendor": "ScrapingBee (Oxylabs group)",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.scrapingbee.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "web-scrapers",
      "summary": "HTML API that fetches a URL through rotating, premium or stealth proxies with headless rendering, JavaScript scenarios, screenshots and CSS or AI extraction.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingbee",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingbee.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingbee.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapingbee.json",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://app.scrapingbee.com/api/v1/",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "scrapingbee"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "scrapingbee"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "scrapingbee-cli"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "The HTML API takes the key as a Bearer token in the Authorization header, and the Python (v2.2.0) and Node (v2.0.0) SDKs send it that way since 1 September 2026. The older api_key query parameter still works but is deprecated. remote-mcp.txt says the hosted MCP takes the key only as an api_key query parameter in its URL, while the official CLI's AGENTS.md (5 September 2026) says it takes a Bearer header.",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "Trial of 1,000 credits, no card. Hobby $19 a month (75,000 credits, 25 concurrent), Freelance $49 (250,000, 50), Startup $99 (1 million, 100), Business $249 (3 million, 200), Business+ $599 (8 million, 400), excluding VAT. JavaScript rendering is on by default, so a basic call costs 5 credits, 1 without rendering, 10 or 25 with premium proxies and 75 with stealth proxies. Google search costs 10 credits (https://www.scrapingbee.com/pricing/).",
      "priceSummary": "$19 / mo",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 in the pricing page, llms.txt or the HTML API and MCP references (checked 2026-09-30).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 18,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 132,
        "npmWeekly": 48527,
        "pypiWeekly": 71721,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://www.scrapingbee.com/documentation/",
      "llmsTxt": "https://www.scrapingbee.com/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "web.scrape",
        "web.extract",
        "web.search",
        "scraping.proxies",
        "scraping.js-render",
        "scraping.anti-bot",
        "scraping.screenshot",
        "scraping.serp"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "no-card",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "proxies",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "closed-source"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-11",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 59.3,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 268,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 9,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 68,
          "maintenance": 85,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 70,
          "schema": 60,
          "security": 37,
          "transparency": 64
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Dedicated Google, Amazon, Walmart, YouTube, ChatGPT and Gemini endpoints next to the general HTML API. remote-mcp.txt says the hosted MCP only takes the key as ?api_key= in its URL.",
        "strengths": [
          "Dedicated Google, Amazon, Walmart, YouTube, ChatGPT and Gemini endpoints next to the general HTML API",
          "Auto mode with a max_cost cap bills only the tier that works, and 429s and failures aren't billed",
          "Per-endpoint llms files plus a reference-notes file that lists 9 known conflicts in its own docs",
          "Seven SDK and CLI releases between 8 July and 11 September 2026, with tests in CI",
          "The official CLI skills tell agents to treat scraped output as data and flag instruction-like content"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "remote-mcp.txt says the hosted MCP only takes the key as ?api_key= in its URL",
          "JavaScript rendering on by default makes a plain call 5 credits instead of 1",
          "Only a one-off 1,000-credit trial, no monthly free tier",
          "No API changelog, security.txt, bug bounty or certification found",
          "HTML scraper degraded for about 24 hours from 28 July 2026, and dedicated APIs down for about 40 minutes on 24 July"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Send render_js=false for static pages and files. It cuts the cost from 5 credits to 1",
          "Use mode=auto with max_cost=25 to stop it escalating to 75-credit stealth requests",
          "Keep the MCP URL with ?api_key= out of logs and shared configs",
          "Back off exponentially on 429 from the MCP, since its concurrency is shared across customers",
          "Expect 404 and 410 from the target to be billed. Other failures aren't"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 4,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 59.3
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 68,
          "maintenance": 85,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 70,
          "schema": 60,
          "security": 37,
          "transparency": 51
        },
        "provenanceScore": 76
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl --get 'https://app.scrapingbee.com/api/v1/' \\\n  --header \"Authorization: Bearer $SCRAPINGBEE_API_KEY\" \\\n  --data-urlencode 'url=https://example.com' --data-urlencode 'render_js=false'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http scrapingbee \"https://mcp.scrapingbee.com/mcp?api_key=$SCRAPINGBEE_API_KEY\"",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "scrapingbee": {
              "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.scrapingbee.com/mcp?api_key=${SCRAPINGBEE_API_KEY}"
              ],
              "command": "npx"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.scrape",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/scrapingbee"
      },
      "area": "web-data",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Hobby plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 19,
          "note": "75,000 credits, 25 concurrent, excluding VAT"
        },
        {
          "item": "Freelance plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 49,
          "note": "250,000 credits, 50 concurrent"
        },
        {
          "item": "Startup plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 99,
          "note": "1 million credits, 100 concurrent"
        },
        {
          "item": "Default request on Hobby",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 1.27,
          "note": "JavaScript rendering on by default, 5 credits each"
        },
        {
          "item": "Request without rendering on Hobby",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 0.25,
          "note": "render_js=false, 1 credit each"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "VostokInc SAS",
        "domain": "scrapingbee.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2019-09-18",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.scrapingbee.com/terms-and-conditions/",
        "privacy": "https://www.scrapingbee.com/privacy-policy/",
        "statusPage": "https://status.scrapingbee.com",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "notes": [
          "VostokInc is a Paris société par actions simplifiée, registration number 843 352 683, per the legal notices at https://www.scrapingbee.com/legal-notices/.",
          "Owned by the Oxylabs company group since June 2025. The terms still name VostokInc."
        ],
        "score": 76
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingbee.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "scrapingbee",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://app.scrapingbee.com/api/v1/",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-05T00:15:29.928768245Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 400,
          "lastMs": 46,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 49,
          "p95ms24h": 76,
          "samples24h": 272,
          "samples30d": 1105,
          "days": [
            {
              "date": "2026-09-30",
              "probes": 35,
              "ok": 35
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-01",
              "probes": 276,
              "ok": 276
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
              "probes": 271,
              "ok": 271
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 272,
              "ok": 272
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-05",
              "probes": 3,
              "ok": 3
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingbee.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapingbee.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Olostep for schema \u0026 documentation (+24), agent ergonomics (+19), payments \u0026 pricing (+25).\n\nPick ScrapingBee for reliability (+10), security \u0026 auth (+9), maintenance \u0026 community (+27).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Olostep | ScrapingBee | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 60 | 70 | ScrapingBee +10 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 84 | 60 | Olostep +24 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 87 | 68 | Olostep +19 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 28 | 37 | ScrapingBee +9 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 65 | 40 | Olostep +25 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 58 | 85 | ScrapingBee +27 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 64 | ScrapingBee +4 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **63.1 · B** | **59.3 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Olostep | ScrapingBee |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Olostep Technologies, Inc. | ScrapingBee (Oxylabs group) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.olostep.com` | `https://app.scrapingbee.com/api/v1/` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | payer tooling only | no |\n| Licence | MIT | none |\n| Tools exposed | 11 | 18 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `io.github.olostep/olostep-mcp-server` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-07-15 | 2026-09-11 |\n| Popularity | 24 stars, 8.9k npm/wk, 2k PyPI/wk | 132 stars, 49k npm/wk, 72k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 4/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Olostep.** OpenAPI 3.0.3 for every endpoint and a structured error body. The x402 challenge came back with no payment requirements in our probe.\n\n**ScrapingBee.** Dedicated Google, Amazon, Walmart, YouTube, ChatGPT and Gemini endpoints next to the general HTML API. remote-mcp.txt says the hosted MCP only takes the key as ?api_key= in its URL.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Olostep\n\n1. For more than a handful of URLs use /v1/batches, then page results with the cursor\n2. Pass `storage.expires_in` if you need results after about 7 days\n3. Don't ask for json output without a `parser` or an `llm_extract` schema\n4. Hosted MCP wants `Authorization: Bearer`, stdio wants OLOSTEP_API_KEY. Mixing them up shows 0 tools\n5. Check the 402 body before paying over x402. Our probe got an empty one\n\n### ScrapingBee\n\n1. Send render_js=false for static pages and files. It cuts the cost from 5 credits to 1\n2. Use mode=auto with max_cost=25 to stop it escalating to 75-credit stealth requests\n3. Keep the MCP URL with ?api_key= out of logs and shared configs\n4. Back off exponentially on 429 from the MCP, since its concurrency is shared across customers\n5. Expect 404 and 410 from the target to be billed. 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